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Christos Giagos vs.
Ignacio Bahamondes

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

6-8-0 Christos Giagos · UFC
6-4-0 Ignacio Bahamondes · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

6-8-0
UFC record
6-4-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
36.5
AgeΔ 7.6 yrs
28.9
5'10"
HeightΔ 5"
6'3"
71"
ReachΔ 4"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
28
Layoff (months)Δ 23.7 mo
4.3
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWWW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Ignacio Bahamondes carries real power — 0.67 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.25 Lightweight norm.
Christos Giagos hunts takedowns — 2.84 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Ignacio Bahamondes rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.38 Lightweight norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Christos Giagos

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 68
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 30
Tier 3 — regional circuit 114

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.58 · 9 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Ignacio Bahamondes

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 74
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 93

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.05 · 8 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 3-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

3533.03/min · norm 3.42
Sig. strikes landed
6485.80/min · norm 3.42
3733.21/min · norm 3.37
Sig. strikes absorbed
4654.16/min · norm 3.37
41.8%norm 43.5%
Striking accuracy
45.5%norm 43.5%
50.8%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
55.2%norm 56.3%
10.13/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
50.67/15 · norm 0.25

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Christos Giagos

Distance 80.6% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.7% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 11.7% (norm 8.0%)

Ignacio Bahamondes

Distance 91.4% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 4.4% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 8.0%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Christos Giagos

Head 80.8% (norm 78.2%) · Body 13.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 7.9%)

Ignacio Bahamondes

Head 71.6% (norm 78.2%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 12.6% (norm 7.9%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Giagos L/AAccLightweight med Bahamondes L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 261 / 680 38.4% 37.9% 572 / 1302 43.9% 37.9%
In the clinch 41 / 65 63.1% 67.3% 42 / 63 66.7% 67.3%
On the ground 51 / 99 51.5% 69.1% 34 / 59 57.6% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 232 / 682 34.0% 35.0% 356 / 1020 34.9% 35.0%
To the body 81 / 117 69.2% 69.1% 151 / 224 67.4% 69.1%
To the legs 40 / 45 88.9% 81.9% 141 / 180 78.3% 81.9%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Lightweight: 201 fighters · Lightweight: 201 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Giagos L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Bahamondes L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 250 / 599 41.7% 38.9% 391 / 922 42.4% 38.9%
In the clinch 68 / 90 75.6% 68.6% 34 / 47 72.3% 68.6%
On the ground 55 / 69 79.7% 68.0% 40 / 70 57.1% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 225 / 561 40.1% 35.1% 291 / 804 36.2% 35.1%
To the body 85 / 122 69.7% 68.1% 110 / 153 71.9% 68.1%
To the legs 63 / 75 84.0% 81.5% 64 / 82 78.0% 81.5%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

2236.7% acc · 2.84/15 · norm 1.38
Takedowns landed
00.0% acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.38
1252.2% def · norm 64.0%
Takedowns stopped
2165.6% def · norm 64.0%
34:5130.0% of cage time · norm 19.5%
Control time
7:436.9% of cage time · norm 19.5%
21:342:46 per 15 · norm 2:46
Time under control
20:092:42 per 15 · norm 2:46
30.39/15 · norm 0.49
Submission attempts
50.67/15 · norm 0.49

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Giagos has more cage time on record.

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